Who is Involved?

When does it occur?

What is involved?

GCPS  Teachers

 Annually based on need by content area and grade level. .

GCPS teachers are trained on the writing assessment design framework and components of high-quality writing assessments prior to working collaboratively to develop writing assessments and associated scoring rubrics. GCPS assessment experts review initial drafts of items.​ 

GCPS District Leaders, Teachers, and Students

Once per grade and content area based on published implementation plan.​ 

 Items approved after final reviews are administered to students.  

GCPS Teachers and Testing Vendor

  Annually

Items are scored by GCPS teachers to train the AI tool, which completes scoring. The results are validated and analyzed. 

GCPS District Leaders, Teachers, and Students

  Annually

Final writing assessments are approved for continued use on summative writing assessments. 

The Gwinnett Writes assessment program includes a summative writing assessment and writing resources and classroom assessments as options for teachers to use in Language Arts, Science, and Social Studies for tested grades. These GCPS developed assessments align to the AKS content and writing standards. The test development process for Gwinnett Writes is described in this infographic. Download a copy here.​

GCPS District Leaders and Teachers

Annually based on need from new development.

GCPS teachers review assessments to ensure writing tasks are accessible and appropriate measures of the content and writing standards.

GCPS Teachers

  Annually

Teachers review student responses and scoring guidelines to establish the range of acceptable responses for each item. 

  GCPS District Leaders and Teachers

  Annually

Teachers review the data and writing assessments to ensure items are valid and appropriate measures of the content and writing standards.